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A fellow nurse at Mercy-West Haven in the labor and delivery department. Though she's a good nurse, Corinne is chronically late and blames her lateness on everything from the weather to her boyfriend. She and Ruth are friends at the start of the novel and often get drinks together, but Corinne struggles to believe that Marie would be racist when Ruth is taken off Davis's case. Ruth doesn't see her at all between losing her job and the trial and while Corinne testifies, Ruth realizes that the two were never actually friends: their relationship was one of convenience.
Corinne Quotes in Small Great Things
The Small Great Things quotes below are all either spoken by Corinne or refer to Corinne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14, Ruth
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"The fact that I'm Black was never an issue in my relationship with my colleagues."
"Not until they needed a scapegoat. What I am trying to say, Ruth—may I call you that?—is that we will stand with you. Your Black brothers and sisters will go to bat for you. They will risk their jobs for you. They will march on your behalf and they will create a roar that cannot be ignored."
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Corinne Quotes in Small Great Things
The Small Great Things quotes below are all either spoken by Corinne or refer to Corinne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 14, Ruth
Quotes
"The fact that I'm Black was never an issue in my relationship with my colleagues."
"Not until they needed a scapegoat. What I am trying to say, Ruth—may I call you that?—is that we will stand with you. Your Black brothers and sisters will go to bat for you. They will risk their jobs for you. They will march on your behalf and they will create a roar that cannot be ignored."
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Page Number and Citation:
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